How and Why Does Spatial-Hearing Ability Differ among Listeners? What Is the Role of Learning and Multisensory Interactions?

• Main Author: Ewan A. Macpherson (auth)
• Other Authors: Guillaume Andeol (auth), Brian D. Simpson (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Learning; HRTF (head related transfer function); Sound Localization; spatial hearing; adaptation; training; binaural cues; spectral cues; mulltisensory interaction
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Spatial-hearing ability has been found to vary widely across listeners. A survey of the existing auditory-space perception literature suggests that three main types of factors may account for this variability: - physical factors, e.g., acoustical characteristics related to sound-localization cues, -...